Knuckleduster Blueprint

Prāṇāyāma,

is the central corpus Swatmarama Hatha Yoga, one of the top three schools derived from Raja. For asana is usually understood as "posture" and, by extension, applies to the various positions taken during the practice of Yoga. But this is only one possible translations offered by the original etymology of the word, from the Sanskrit.

If we take the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, we could understand it as "sit" or "sitting", but if we opt for a broader term would also consider "stable" or "stability." Therefore, could refer asana practice both static / seated as to achieve stability and / or balance.

Balance the mental, physical and spiritual. By running controlled and aware of asanas will provide more understanding of these three bodies and the mechanisms that harmonize. Conscious muscle movement implies a greater activation of the cerebral cortex, enhancing their performance and increasing cortical control. Therefore, the asanas should be taken slow and precise movements, held in a relaxed and broken too slow, controlled movements. In this way it aims to achieve a state of physical relaxation which can be maintained effortlessly position for long periods of time, more than three hours in cases of great masters. With practice physical relaxation will be accompanied by the mental fact which will make easy to direct and focus the mind into deep meditative states aimed to transcend the physical experience.